Riyadh: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made clear on Saturday that time is running out for diplomacy over Iran's nuclear programme and said talks aimed at preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon would resume in mid-April. With speculation over a possible US or Israel military attack adding urgency to the next round of discussions in Istanbul set for April 13, Clinton said Iran's "window of opportunity" for...
10:42 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Seoul: Amid global concerns over Pakistan's track record on nuclear non-proliferation, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday said his country had no links with North Korea's atomic programme. "There had been some disinformation and allegations during the past, but now it is a closed chapter that we have already denied," said Gilani, who is in Seoul to attend second Nuclear Security Summit. His comments to South Korea's Yonhap news...
04:40 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Geneva: The global aviation industry could run up losses of over USD 5 billion this year if oil prices spike by more than anticipated in light of the tensions building up over Iran's nuclear programme, the industry's trade group said on Tuesday. The International Air Transport Association, or IATA, says it now expects earnings will likely decline to USD 3 billion in 2012. That's down from December's forecast of USD...
05:43 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Dubai: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has launched a fresh tirade against the West, saying the Islamic Republic does not fear military action, Iranian media reported on Sunday. "The Iranian nation doesn't fear your bombs and warships and planes. Such weapons are worth nothing," the Fars News Agency quoted him as saying on a visit to the town of Karaj, to the west of Tehran. "You say to Iran all options...
05:18 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Tehran: Efforts to find a diplomatic solution to Iran's disputed nuclear program appeared to get a boost when world powers agreed to a new round of talks with Tehran, and Iran gave permission for inspectors to visit a site suspected of secret atomic work. The two developments appeared to counter somewhat the crisis atmosphere over Iran's nuclear program, the focus of talks in Washington between President Barack Obama and Israel's...
04:52 AM, Mar 07, 2012
Brussels: President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States 'will not countenance' Iran developing a nuclear weapon but pledged to take a sober approach to dealing with Tehran's nuclear programme. Obama said the announcement of six-power talks with Iran offered a diplomatic opportunity to defuse the crisis. Amid mounting speculation that Iran's nuclear sites could be attacked in coming months, the president said that American politicians "beating the drums...
02:46 AM, Mar 07, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are deeply at odds over how fast the clock is ticking toward possible military action against Iran's nuclear program, and their talks on Monday are unlikely to change that. Even though Obama has offered assurances of stiffened US resolve against Iran before the White House meeting, the two allies are still far apart on explicit nuclear "red lines" that Tehran...
12:24 PM, Mar 05, 2012
US President Barack Obama talked tough on Sunday claiming that no Israeli government could "tolerate a nuclear weapon in the hands of a regime that denies the Holocaust, threatens to wipe Israel off the map, and sponsors terrorist groups committed to Israel's destruction". ...
11:00 AM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: The international nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, will be meeting on Monday in Vienna in order to discuss Iran and its continued defiance of the West sanctions in promoting its nuclear programme. An IAEA team was recently denied access to specific nuclear areas in Iran. The resolution on Monday is likely to ask Iran to stop stonewalling investigation into possible military dimensions to its nuclear programme. There is already...
10:38 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Israel will not set red lines for military action on Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Saturday. However, US President Barack Obama has warned against a premature strike. Meanwhile, oil prices spiked to their highest in 4 years. ...
10:41 AM, Mar 03, 2012
Tehran: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday global powers would be falling into a trap if they pursued talks with Iran and he challenged Tehran with a series of demands before he meets US President Barack Obama. But at the same time, Netanyahu was careful at a news conference with Canada's leader to avoid widening a rift with Obama over what Washington fears could be an Israeli rush...
08:53 AM, Mar 03, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama issued his most direct threat yet of US military action against Iran if it builds a nuclear weapon, but in a message to Israel's leader ahead of White House talks he also cautioned against a pre-emptive Israeli strike. "As president of the United States, I don't bluff," Obama warned Iran in a magazine interview published on Friday, three days before he will host Israeli Prime Minister...
08:22 AM, Mar 03, 2012
Tehran: Iranians wrapped up a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's power over rival hardliners led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iranian leaders were looking for a high turnout at Friday's poll to ease a crisis of legitimacy caused by Ahmadinejad's re-election in 2009, when widespread accusations of fraud plunged the Islamic Republic into the worst unrest of its 33-year history. Iran also faces economic turmoil compounded...
08:15 AM, Mar 03, 2012
Tehran: Polls opened on Friday for a parliamentary election in Iran that will test the popularity of the clerical establishment at a time of a standoff with the West over the country's nuclear programme. State radio reported polling stations opened their doors to voters at 8 a.m. (0430 GMT). They are due to close at 6 p.m. (1430 GMT), although this time has been extended in past votes. The parliamentary...
11:28 AM, Mar 02, 2012
Tehran: Iran's ruling political and religious hardliners will face off in a parliamentary election on Friday, echoing a deepening rift in a conservative establishment grappling with economic sanctions over the country's disputed nuclear programme. The election will by the first since the country's disputed presidential election in 2009, when bloody opposition and pro-democracy protests were stamped out by security forces. This time round, reformist groups have said they will boycott...
07:48 AM, Mar 02, 2012
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